by Patricia B. Tighe
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Seventeen-year-old Lindsey Taylor has
been living a charmed life—always the lead in school plays,
possessor of a healthy entourage and a hot boyfriend. But halfway
through her junior year, the unthinkable happens. Her boyfriend dumps
her. She screws up her audition for the spring play. And to top it
all off, her theater teacher wants her to run lines with Trey Berger,
a gamer guy who irritates her practically every time he opens his
mouth. Lindsey needs to find some better luck and quick.
Trey Berger can barely tolerate Lindsey
Taylor. It’s bad enough that their best friends are dating and he
has to see Lindsey at group hangouts. Now they have to rehearse
together. Berger would rather do just about anything else, even chill
with his grandmother, whose dementia has forced her to move in with
his family.
But as the semester continues, Berger
discovers there’s more to Lindsey than the drama queen
persona she puts on for everyone else’s
benefit. And the person behind the mask might be someone he cares
about. A lot. So what exactly is he going to do about it?
And while Lindsey desperately tries to
change her luck and heal from the breakup, she slowly realizes Berger
has become her best friend. This video-game-playing boy makes her
laugh. And holds her when she cries. Could he possibly become
something more?
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Mrs. Mac stood. “All right, five-minute break, everybody.” She
sat back down beside me. “Good job. Very diplomatic. I think you
finally got through to her. I wouldn’t be surprised if this changes
everything.”
“Thanks.”
She headed out of our row of seats. I scratched my head. Why couldn’t
she see that we wouldn’t be wasting so much time on this if I was
up there instead of Marta? I should’ve been up there. It was
ridiculous. I got up to stretch my legs and found Berger waiting at
the end of the row, his expression determined.
Dang it. He was going to ask me about our fight again, and I
just didn’t want to talk about it. I’d have to put him off. I
approached slowly.
“Is it really that bad?” he asked.
“What?”
“The play.”
“Oh, no.” I rubbed my head, then flicked my hand. “Just have a
headache.”
He shoved his hands in the back pockets of his jeans, making him look
crazy cute all of a sudden. No. Do not think of Berger as
cute. No good can come from it. “You busy after this?” he
asked. “We still need to settle things.”
I shook my head. “There’s nothing to settle. We’re good. No
worries.”
He backed up so I could get into the aisle. “Why don’t I believe
you?”
I lifted my hands. “Hey, I don’t know. That’s not something I
can control.”
“Lindsey,” he said, staring as if he could see inside my head.
And I really didn’t want anyone analyzing me. “I need to get to
the restroom before we start again.”
“I’m not letting go of this.”
“I can see that.”
“Trey,” Lainey called from the stage. “Come here for a sec.”
Kara stood behind her a few steps, motioning to him.
Why was he so popular with girls these days? I raised an eyebrow.
“Your fan club awaits.”
He waved at them but moved a fraction closer to me. “You can run,
but you can’t hide.”
I puffed out a loud breath. “Nice cliché usage. I’m not afraid
of you, Dragon Boy.” I pushed him down the aisle. “Go on. They’re
waiting for you.”
He walked on, but then paused and turned back. “I mean it.”
I nodded and headed the opposite direction. I didn’t want to watch
him laugh and flirt with Lainey and Kara. It felt too much like
watching our friendship dwindle into nothing.
The mother of two grown sons, Patricia
B. Tighe lives in El Paso, Texas, with her husband and two dogs. Her
love of the written word caused her to get a journalism degree from
Texas A&M University in 1980 and an MA in Writing Popular Fiction
from Seton Hill University in 2008. When not writing or reading, she
can be found walking the dogs or yelling at the TV during an NFL
game. She's also a fan of British TV shows. Downton Abbey, anyone? Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Tumblr | Instagram
***Author Interview***
1. What inspired the story?
First off, I was writing a series and
needed to write a book. :D Second, at the end of Life in the
No-Dating Zone, the situation with Lindsey and her boyfriend, Adam,
was left a little up in the air—especially as far as Claire was
concerned. I knew that I needed to settle it, to have Lindsey come to
understand more about herself. And who better to instigate that than
someone who drives her crazy? Plus, many readers wanted to see more
from Berger, who was a secondary character in LitNDZ. So I thought, a
drama queen and a gamer boy? Why not?
2. What is your favorite scene?
That would have to be when a hurting,
tipsy Lindsey makes a move on Berger. His reaction was so much fun to
write!
3. What was the hardest scene to write?
The video-game playing scene, because I
had to continually stop to get information and critique from my son.
4. Who would play your characters in a
film?
AnnaSophia Robb with auburn hair and
Matthew Lewis with glasses—especially now that he’s grown up to
what I’ve seen described as “nerd hot.”
5. What's your favorite book to film
adaptation?
The Princess Bride
6. Do you have any pets/Which/What
Kind/How Many?
I have two mixed-breed dogs, ages
sixteen and fifteen. One is a cross between a lab and a chow, and the
other is a cross between a boxer and probably a lab. They are
ridiculous and I love them.
7. If you could be any character in
your book who would you be and why?
The female version of Berger, because
he loves to laugh and to make people laugh.
8. What's the best advice you can give
someone who wants to be a writer?
Read! Read the genre you want to write.
Read for pleasure and then re-read to analyze how it’s done.
9. How did or will you spend your
release day?
Probably helping with promotion and
checking sales rankings too often. But I do plan to go out to dinner
to celebrate.
10. What are you writing now?
I’ve turned in the third book in the
Life in the No-Dating Zone series, and now I’m working on a YA
contemporary romance that I hope will be the first in a new series.
We shall see!
***Top 10***
Top 10 Fav Love Stories
Ah, this is a hard one for me. Because
I read so much and love so many books, I’m going to limit this list
to books that have carved out a special spot in my memory. And
they’re not all romance novels—just novels in which I really
connected with the love story portion. So, in no particular order:
Pride and Prejudice—Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility—-Jane Austen
Scarlet—Marissa Meyer
Graceling—Kristin Cashore
The Viscount Who Loved Me—Julia Quinn
The Passion of the Purple
Plumeria—Lauren Willig
Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin
#2)--Robin LaFevers
Sorcery & Cecelia OR The Enchanted
Chocolate Pot—Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
The Outlaws of Sherwood—Robin
McKinley
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- One (1) winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card and a digital copy of Life in the Lucky Zone by Patricia B. Tighe (INT)
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